The MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has announced a 10-day power outage in parts of Enugu metropolis. The planned interruption is to allow for major maintenance and repair works, reports The PUNCH. According to a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, the outage will support ongoing projects by the...
•Power outage Some communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been affected by a fresh power outage. According to a statement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) yesterday, the blackout was caused by a technical fault. Communities such as Utako, parts of Jabi and Wuye have been thrown into darkness since the incid...
•Blackout A fresh power outage has affected some embassies and several residential estates in Abuja due to a technical fault on the feeder supplying the affected areas. An announcement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), said the disruption in power supply impacted the America, Turkey, Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Liberia, Egypt, an...
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) staged a peaceful protest today over an unresolved power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), the medical arm of the institution. The UCH has been experiencing a power outage for the past 82 days, reports Nigerian Tribune. The situation, as reliably gathered, is traceable to a substantial [...
•Nigeria’s Presidential Villa, Abuja Power supply has been disrupted to some parts of Nigeria’s seat of power, the Presidential Villa, popularly known as Aso Rock. Other areas affected by the power outage are Maitama, Wuse, Jabi, Lifecamp, Asokoro, Utako, and Mabushi, following vandalism of the 132kV transmission line and carting a...
Following the incessant power outage and vandalisation of electricity cables in Epe town, Lagos State, concerned residents have called on government wade into the situation and restore power supply. The residents have also commenced a 30-day online protest, calling on Ikeja Disco to act fast and restore electricity to the entire Epe Division, ...
•Blackout Nigeria’s manufacturing sector’s output has increased by 30.38 per cent year-on-year, reaching N5.34 trillion in H1 2024, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said yesterday. Besides, the declining purchasing power of consumers led to a 357.57 per cent surge in the inventory of unsold finished products of manufacturers to N...
•Shiroro 330KV lines Locals and other key stakeholders in Niger State have said the vandalised Shiroro-Kaduna 330kV lines 1 and 2, which plunged most parts of Northern Nigeria into darkness, have been attacked by bandits several times. Each of the affected lines, through which bulk power is transmitted to parts of the northwestern states, is [...
Amid the power outage in the northern part of the country due to the vandalisation of electricity transmission lines, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has claimed that there are growing insinuations that the federal government is deliberately using the power blackout which has lingered for days to short change the region and further deepen i...
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